The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-01-08

help remembering things.
Her brothers teasingly made point of
appealing to her remarkable memory" on
all occasions, and--boy-like - never lost
an opportunity to ridicule her, even
though they had more than once been glad
of the accurate information she furnished.
Floy loved both her brothers very dearly,
but Harry laughed at her so much after
the affair of the oats that it was with
feeling of relief that she learned that her
father had decided to send him to college
in September. Harry was delighted. He
had no taste for farming, and was eager
to fit himself for professional life; and
having always been a hard student, he
felt sure Of being able to pass success
full examination. He studied harder
than ever after he knew he was to go, and
burned SO much midnight oiI' that his
mother told him she feared he would in
jure his health; but Harry declared that
at any cost he was determined they
should not be ashamed of him.
Two weeks before he was to start for
college Floy went to visit her grandmoth-
er, who lived in an adjoining county, and
when she returned after an absence of
several days she found the family in
great trouble.
"Harry's not go to college after ALL"
was the first thing Ned said to her when
he met her at the railroad station with
old Baldface and the spring wagon. "He's
had to give it up"
"Oh. Ned, why?"
because old Thompson, the head of the
preparatory school where he went three
years ago, has sent in bill for nearly
five hundred dollars. Father declares
he paid it the summer after Harry left
there; but he has lost the receipt He's
hunted the house from cellar to attic, but
can't find it, and of course he's bound to
pay the money over again"
Chow DREADFUL Poor Harry he want
cd to go so much!"
"Yes; but of course father can't stand
the expense now. I tell you Harry's
bluel Think how he's studied all sum-
merp
"Does father think Mr.. Thompson
wants TO cheat him?"
"No; he says Thompson is very care
less about his accounts and probably
never marked eff the bill as paid. And
he writes that he found out only little
while ago that the money was still due
him."
"If father could find the receipt it
would settle everything, suppose, and
then Harry could go?"
why, yes, of course, but there's no
chance of that now. II l we're you I
wouldn't say anything to Harry about it,
Floy, and don't go telling him you're
sorry for him.
Floy made no reply. There was very
thoughtful, anxious look on her young
face, and when she reached home she
hurried up stairs, scarcely pausing to
kiss her mother, who met her at tie
kitchen door, delighted to have her home
again.
flake off your things, and come down
as soon as you can, Floy," she said, "for I
am about to put supper on the table, and
you must be hungry"
"Yes'm," answered Floy; but she pass
ed the door of her own room without
stopping, and went hastily up the rough
fight of steps that led to the garrett,
look of eager expectation on her face.
When she came down again few mo-
ments later and entered the dining room,
there was crimson flush on her cheeks,
her eyes sparkled with excitement, and
her breath came in short, quick gasps.
"Why, Floy, you have not taken of your
hat and jacket" said her mother.
But Floy did not hear her. Trembling,
she walked toward Harry, whose gloomy
face did not brighten at her approach.
"Harry," she cried, as she laid her arm
about his shoulders, "you won't tease me
now, know, and you'll be glad 1 came
bone, for-look here" her voice break
ing little; and she held before his eyes
sheet OF paper, on the upper half of
which was the picture of large brick
building which Harry recognized at a
glance as that of the preparatory school
he had attended so long.
"Mr. Thompson's receipt" he exclaim-
ed. "Oh Floy, where did you find it?"
SIT is just another instance of my re-
maTkable memory" she answered with a
low laugh. when Ned told me about
the receipt 1 remembered that when 1
was up garrett last spring cracking the
last Of the hazel nuts, saw this paper
lying on the floor under the caves. I
looked at the picture and wondered which
room had been yours, but never thought
of it again until to- day, "
at must have fallen long ago from
that barrel Of papers 1 brought down
from the garrett last week to look over"
interrupted her father. "Floy, child,
you deserve the thanks of every member
of the family"
"And she deserves an apology from
me" said Harry, kissing the soft cheek
SO close to his own. "Floy, as long as 1
live, I'll have reason to bless your RE-
markable memory and I'll never again
tease you about it-rely on that"
And he never did.-The Standard.
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